head to head
vs
Dark SoulsvsLies of P
Dark Souls leans Execution (Practiced Mastery); Lies of P leans Execution (Pure Mechanics).
Dark SoulsLies of P
Axis by axis
Execution8 vs 9
Lies of P leans harder on execution: Perfect-guard timing window punishes errors
Reads1 vs 1
Even - both lean on reads about the same.
Variance1 vs 1
Even - both lean on variance about the same.
Optimization7 vs 6
Dark Souls leans harder on optimization: Builds, routes, and boss patterns are fully learnable.
Two games can score the same on an axis and still test it in very different ways - read each rationale, not just the number.